---
title: 'The Heidelberg Catechism'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Philip Schaff'
date: 1863-07-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Creeds and Confessions'
- 'Reformation History'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 8'
- 'John 14'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/schaff-1863-the-heidelberg-catechism
---

# The Heidelberg Catechism

Study of the Heidelberg Catechism (1563): its origin under Elector Frederick III, authors Zacharius Ursinus and Olevianus, Reformation influences (Melanchthon, Calvin) and Ursinus's biography.

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